According to my people, when a girl is the only child of her parents she is not allowed to get married. Custom demands that she lives in her parents’ house and reproduce to continue their lineage. I didn’t know about this until I was expected to uphold this tradition.My father has other children, but I happen to be the only child he has with my mother. Which makes me the only child of my parents. I don’t know if they couldn’t have other children or they just chose not to. They had the means to cater for more children so…
Author: town gist
For the past two weeks, I’ve been sharing the same room with my mom. I sleep next to her on the same bed. I only have one job, that’s to ensure that she’s alright and she doesn’t do anything funny to herself. She hardly sleeps. She might close her eyes and pretend she’s sleeping but I see through the pretence.When she sleeps she snores gently. When she’s pretending to sleep, that snore is absent. Instead, she’ll turn around and around until morning. Some nights, she sneaks out of the room to the hall and cries. I see her going out…
Years ago I was dating this married man who from all indications loved his wife from here to the moon and back. I’m not assuming, he told me that himself. He said, “I loved my wife and my family and there’s nothing I won’t do for them but you here serve a special purpose. A purpose my wife is too old to serve and too distracted to care. I asked him, “So what purpose is that?” He answered, “Of course, you should know. We’ve been married for over eighteen years. Things are not the same. We have kids and have…
Our marriage is only nine months old. We dated for four years before we finally got married. Within the four years that we dated, he was all about shuperu and more. He wanted it and I had no reason to keep it from him so I gave it to him whenever he wanted it. I won’t say it’s the shuperu that kept us glued together but its contribution can’t overemphasize. We could fight for days and it would the only thing that would bring us together. It was always different after a fight.The way he gives his all and the…
I walked into an eatery one afternoon to order takeout. While I waited for my food I kept busy with my phone. A man walked up to me with determination on his face. He smiled and said “Hello my name is Victor. I have been trying to get your attention from my table over there (he points to a far-off table).You didn’t even blink in my direction.” I looked at him and said “Sorry I’ve been engrossed with my phone.” He said “I can see that. I suppose that’s how to get your attention, through your phone. Can you give…
“It was a bright and beautiful day, perfect for a wedding, and everyone was prepared to have the time of their lives. However, things took a drastic turn when the priest took one look at the bride and stopped everything. The reason will shock you. Friends and family members of the groom were trooping into the church in their numbers. In front of the church, there was a long line of cars waiting to be parked, and the security operatives were working hard to clear off the road and send the cars neatly into the parking lot. Inside the church,…
Jake, a homeless man trying to survive in a world that has forgotten him, steps in to save a young boy from bullies in the park. But when he walks the boy home, he’s left frozen in shock as the door opens. Jake wandered through the busy city streets, his clothes worn and ragged, his shoes barely holding together. He was a man people hardly noticed. They walked past him like he was invisible, lost in their own lives. Jake had once been like them, living a normal life, but that seemed like a distant memory now. He had lost…
It was a crisp, clear morning in Pine Grove, a small town nestled in the rolling hills of Upstate New York. The streets were quiet, just beginning to stir as the day unfolded. People went about their routines, unaware of the events that were about to unfold. Among them was Officer Greg Collins, a well-known figure in Pine Grove—tall and broad-shouldered, with the kind of self-assuredness that came from years of patrolling the same streets. Collins was a man who prided himself on knowing every corner of his town. To him, nothing happened in Pine Grove that he didn’t know…
In a world where faith and courage were often put to the ultimate test, a remarkable story unfolded, echoing the ancient tale of Daniel in the lions’ den. This was a story of unwavering faith, extraordinary deliverance, and divine intervention that left everyone astonished. Daniel 6:19-22: At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the….Read Full Story Here………
My father started sleeping with me when I was in JHS. I was his favourite child. She paid my fees on time, bought me things he didn’t buy for my other siblings and always made sure I was alright. One night, I was sleeping when I felt a moving darkness had descended on me. I instinctively opened my eyes only to see my dad standing at my feet, casting a large shadow on me. I was sleeping next to my elder sister. My dad asked me to get up and follow him.I trusted him. A man who loved me that…